COMING SOON (MARCH 2013)

Ok, so now a few albums have landed I'm no longer in the limbo that was waiting for them to land! Therefore, coming very soon are the following reviews:

• Sempiternal by Bring Me The Horizon
• Welcome Oblivion by How To Destroy Angels
• The Next Day by David Bowie
• Cold Chillin' EP by Your Demise

Later this month there are also albums by the likes of Kvelertak and The Strokes, so keep an eye out for those too. 

The second instalment of 'Albums that made theNOISE' is also currently half-written, so expect that one soon! Lastly, if you're looking for some new tunes to get your head around, check out the first of my (hopefully) weekly playlists, with 10 of the songs, new or old, that I've been enjoying in the last week. Later y'all! 

BRING ME THE HORIZON STREAM NEW ALBUM

Due to "overwhelming and phenomenal demand" and probably in response to the leak the other day, you can legally listen to Bring Me The Horizon's upcoming new album Sempiternal in full below for the next week only! As well as this, they have also brought the album's release date forward a month to April 1st. Review will be on its way shortly! It's incredible btdubs.

BRING ME THE HORIZON 'SEMPITERNAL' ALBUM LEAK

A full 2 months ahead of it's slated release, Bring Me The Horizon's new album Sempiternal has been leaked. So, I urge you to let it sit on the internet, undownloaded and alone, and wait for the actual release at the end of April. Support music and the artists that produce it! 

That said, I've heard the album's opening track Can You Feel My Heart, as it was floating around Tumblr before I realised it had leaked. I'm honestly astonished by it. It's so, so far from what I ever imagined BMTH were capable of, and I cannot stop listening to it. I've genuinely had it on repeat for the last half an hour. 

Astonishing is the best word I can think of. Sempiternal is going to be a game-changer. I just know it. Is it too early to call it potential album of the year when it's not out for 2 months?

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: ANTIVIST by Bring Me The Horizon

The second track from upcoming April release Sempiternal has landed, and my my it's bleak. It's got a punk-like quality to it, being angry and loud and tackling the topic of societal decline. Except with lots of use of the word 'fuck'. Oh, and the C-bomb gets dropped in there at one point. Just a heads up.

It's great. 

It showcases the anthemic side we've seen plenty of glimpses of, but it has a lot of power behind it. I really think the album is going to be a remarkable metal record.

Initial Reaction: 8/10

Excite-O-Meter for Sempiternal (made simpler because effort): 8/10, bouncing up and down in my seat just a little. 

Listen here on Soundcloud.

BMTH; ALBUM NEWS, LINEUP CHANGE, TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT

3 big bits of news from the Bring Me The Horizon camp for you today.

Jordan Fish: the guy on the right.

1. Their new album Sempiternal will be out April 29th, and if you wing it on over to bmthofficial.com you can pre-order the badger. Here, badger means album, in an unnecessary metaphor. 
2. Ladies and gentlemen, Jona Weinhofen has left the building. In a revealing statement earlier today, the band said "Bring Me The Horizon are Oliver Sykes, Lee Malia, Matthew Kean, Matthew Nicholls and Jordan Fish. Jona Weinhofen is no longer in the band." and so far, the loveable Aussie has said nothing on the matter. The only thing I've seen regarding the matter is Jona's Tumblr, in which he has taken 'Bring Me The Horizon' out of his description, leaving only 'I Killed The Prom Queen'. If I had to take an educated guess, I would say that he has switched focus to IKTPQ, but that is merely my speculation. I'll update when I know something. But new six-stringer Jordan Fish, of the band Worship, is part of BMTH as of now, and so will play in all the tour dates I'm about to tell you about.
3. Guess what? Tour dates! You'd never have known if I hadn't told you, I bet. They're playing 8 dates from April 29th through May 7th as follows;
   APRIL
   29 - MANCHESTER Academy II
   30 - NEWCASTLE University 
   MAY
   01 - INVERNESS Ironworks
   02 - GLASGOW ABC
   04 - PORTSMOUTH Pyramids
   05 - CARDIFF Solus
   06 - WOLVERHAMPTON Wulfrun Hall
   07 - LONDON Koko
   (Thanks to rocksound.tv for the formatted tour dates)
   

So there's todays BMTH update. 

IMPRESSIONS: SHADOW MOSES by Bring Me The Horizon

It's now streaming officially, after the various radio rips from the first play on Radio 1 last week.

First impressions, it's pretty good. The development of their sound has clearly continued, with former Cookie Monster Oli Sykes' vocals approaching singing, whilst still being obviously him. Bookended with ethereal electronic beats, chock-full of chugging riffs and with a chorus custom-made for being chanted live, it's BMTH doing what they have shown they're able to do well. 

My criticism of it however, also comes from the above mentioned chugging riffs - it's all a bit samey. There's too much open-string that I can see turning into a scenario where everybody assumes the crab position and headbangs. I'm not denying it has its' place within this side of metal, but I hope there's a bit more variance in the riffage on the rest of the album. Because crabbing is annoying. 

Crabcore, ably demonstrated by my associate from
 Attack Attack.
Photo credit http://instagram.com/p/TuVaBpnz7t/

Despite my criticism, I can't deny I'm looking forward to Semptiernal, it's going to be huge whether we like it or not.



Leave your opinions in the comments below!

And just because I can:

IT'S NEW BRING ME THE HORIZON TIME

First up, welcome to 2013!

Ahead of the upcoming release of fourth studio album (third if we disown Count Your Blessings) Sempiternal, which comes out who knows when this year, Bring Me The Horizon's brand new single Shadow Moses will drop next week, with an exclusive radio premiere on Daniel P Carter's BBC Radio 1 show, 1-4pm, this Friday (January 4th).

Get it? Meme made by theNOISE, photo credit Simone
Joyner/Getty Images Europe

In the meantime, you could watch crackly live footage of the song on Youtube, or enjoy the official preview below. I'm really fucking excited for this, and I have a feeling Sempiternal could be one of the albums of the year (big talk on January 2nd). Say what you like about BMTH, they've only got better and previous album There Is A Hell, And It's Writing Out This Album Title In Full was really, really good, and the clip of Shadow Moses sounds incredible.

WHAT DOES SEMPITERNAL EVEN MEAN

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't excited by this here news - Sempiternal is to be the name of Bring Me The Horizon's fourth album. BMTH have got consistently better as they've progressed, from their deathcore roots to an, in my humble opinion, one of the best metal bands out of the UK in some years. Their 3rd album is a remarkable improvement and I became addicted to it after it came out, and I still think it's superb, so fingers crossed that they keep getting better. 

And thanks be to Zeus it's a shorter name...couldn't handle There Is A Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It, There Is A Hell, Let's Keep It A Secret Vol. 2.

Here's a pic of Oli looking a bit like a girl.